Archbishop Cushley thanked youngsters from across the Archdiocese at The Day for Altar Servers at The Gillis Centre in Edinburgh.
He told them: "I am very grateful for the work you do in your parish. If you are serving at Mass, you are serving the Lord, and it doesn't get better than that." -
The annual event involved training, games and prayer, along with a presentation of medals for children joining the Guild of St Cuthbert.
Thanks to Fr Robert Taylor (St Mary's Cathedral) and Fr Jamie McMorrin (St Margaret's, Edinburgh) for leading the day, along with fellow clergy, parents and parish sacristans and volunteers for joining us.
Also present were Fr Paul Lee (St Agatha's, Methil), Fr Francis Ututo (St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh), Canon Gerard Hand (Holy Cross & St Margaret's, Edinburgh), Fr Peter Shankland (St Mary's, Stirling), Deacon Tom McEvoy (Sacred Heart, Penicuik) and Gerard Holden, a seminarian of the Archdiocese.
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Altar servers The Parish from St Barbara Whitburn/Armadale with Archbishop Cushley." If you are serving at Mass, you are serving the Lord, and it doesn't get better than that." - Archbishop Cushley.Altar Servers from Our Lady & St Ninian's, Bannockburn.Altar Servers from The Sacred Heart & St Margaret, Penicuik.Altar Servers from St Joseph's, Broomhouse, Edinburgh.Altar Servers from St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh.Holy Cross & St Margaret Mary Churches, Edinburgh.Altar Servers from St Agatha's, Methil, and St Giles, Kennoway, with parish priest Fr Paul Lee.Altar Servers from St Margaret's, Dunfermline, and Lady of Lourdes, Dunfermline.
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